India vs Sri Lanka, ICC CWC 2019 Stat Highlights: Rohit Sharma Enters Record Books With Historic 5th Ton as IND Beat SL by 7 Wickets
India's emphatic reply was spearheaded by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. The openers scored 189 runs for the opening partnership and hit individuals hundreds to help India to a comfortable victory. India ended the group stage of world cup with 15 points in 9 matches and will play New Zealand or England, defending upon the result of Australia vs South Africa match.
India beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets at Headingley in match 43 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on Saturday. India won comprehensively and also saw a number of records broken and created by Rohit Sharma, who hit a historic fifth ton in the tournament. KL Rahul also came to the party and hit his first ton in the world cup, guiding India's chase after Sri Lanka set 265 runs to win for India. India vs Sri Lanka Match Highlights, ICC World Cup 2019: IND Register Thumping Victory, Trounce SL by 7 Wickets.
Earlier, Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne won the toss and decided to bat first. But Jasprit Bumrah dismissed both the Sri Lanka openers to send them on the back-foot. Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja dismissed the dangerous Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis respectively to reduce Sri Lanka to 55/4. Sri Lanka vs India Scorecard - 44th ODI match - Full Scorecard.
Below are the Stat Highlights of the Match
1. India's opener Rohit Sharma became the first batsman in history to score five hundreds in a single world cup edition. Rohit hit 103 runs against Sri Lanka in the match. Rohit broke Kumar Sangakkara's record of 4 hundreds in the 2015 World Cup.
2. Rohit Sharma equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record of six world cup hundreds in the world cups. Sachin hit six hundreds in the 44 innings he played in the world cups, while Sharma reached there in 16 innings.
3. Rohit Sharma has now become the highest run-scorer in this world cup. The right-handed batsman has 641 runs in the world cup so far.
4. Rohit is also the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to have 600 or more runs in a single edition of the world cup.
5. Since 2018, Rohit has hit 11 hundreds in the ODIs, more than any other player in the world. India captain Virat Kohli is number two with nine centuries and Australia's Aaron Finch is number three with seven hundreds in this period.
6. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul brought up their third century stand in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, the most by any pair this world cup.
7. Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul also registered the highest opening partnership (189 runs) in this world cup.
9. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja have now become the most successful bowler-keeper duo in ODIs for India, replacing Venkatesh Prasad and Nayan Mongia. Dhoni-Jadej a have 29 dismissals together (10 catches, 19 stumpings).
8. Sri Lanka bowling great Lasith Malinga became the third highest wicket taker (56) in the world cups, only behind Australia's Glenn McGrath (71) and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (68).
Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne put up a century stand to take Sri Lanka to a respectable total. Mathews scored a ton, his third in ODIs, to help Sri Lanka to 264/7 in 50 overs.
However, India's emphatic reply was spearheaded by Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul. The openers scored 189 runs for the opening partnership and hit individuals hundreds to help India to a comfortable victory. India ended the group stage of world cup with 15 points in 9 matches and will play New Zealand or England, defending upon the result of Australia vs South Africa match.
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